Operations Project Manager

Description

The company is a manufacturing, engineering and supply chain partner for large global brands, with over 60 years in the business and more than 100 sites worldwide.

This is a senior project manager role on enterprise-level projects, leading strategic initiatives for a defined internal or external customer or user, guiding multi-functional teams and managing customer relationships.

Responsibilities

• Gather project requirements and objectives accurately, make sure they are understood, and translate them into work the team can execute.
• Build project teams around the project goals and objectives.
• Work with the customer, internal or external, from requirements gathering through to product acceptance or approval.
• Set milestones, goals and objectives that match customer needs, using input from every functional area and stakeholder.
• Review schedules with functional project managers and project coordinators assigned to the projects.
• Guide and motivate teams to reach project goals and corporate initiatives.
• Explain project objectives in terms of the wider strategic business goals.
• Act as the point of contact for customers, vendors, stakeholders and project sponsors.
• Develop project plans around project goals, corporate initiatives and project-specific KPIs or metrics.
• Identify each project's KPIs and manage work within its scope, quality, time and cost limits.
• Drive the project to completion on schedule.
• Coordinate the team to build an integrated project plan and risk analysis, with action plans to reduce each risk.
• Manage resource capacity and time tracking for the project.
• Take part in financial management and cost analysis, covering capital expenditure requests, travel, training, resource allocation and other project costs.
• Own overall project success, including cost, schedule, quality and scope.
• Report project status, issues, implemented solutions, and evaluations and assessments of results.
• Brief leaders on updates and the biggest improvement opportunities.
• Spot potential problems against the plan and put alternative solutions in place.
• Find lower-cost options by streamlining processes and systems, such as reassigning or combining tasks, removing low-value steps, or fully redesigning processes and systems.
• Give key stakeholders regular updates on performance, variances to plan, and any corrective actions needed.
• Drive continuous improvement through trend analysis and metrics management.
• Put customer service first by anticipating needs, solving problems quickly and effectively, and treating customer issues as priorities.
• Communicate clearly and concisely through a range of channels.
• Follow all procedures in the company security policy.
• Take on other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Proven leadership and management ability.
• Strong operational and financial knowledge.
• Knowledge of the company's operating policies, procedures, culture and guiding principles.
• Substantial knowledge of the company and a proven ability to use its resources.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment, such as engineering, test, quality, planning or materials.
• Prior experience in customer interface.
• Consultative skills, with the ability to understand what customers really need.
• Good communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills as a leader.
• Strong leader, professional, hard-charging, detail-oriented, reliable, calm under pressure, creative, with a can-do attitude.
• Proficiency with personal computers, Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, and email.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or Engineering, or an equivalent mix of education, training and experience.
• At least 2 years of work experience in a supervisory or management role.
• At least 2 years of project management experience or in a related discipline.
• Automotive or medical background, as required.
• Automotive knowledge.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent is desirable.

Conditions

Equal opportunity statement not included in source beyond accessibility accommodation availability.